They come with brushes, ink, and paint! They are the Urban Sketchers Penang, seeing the city one drawing at a time. The group meets almost every Sunday morning and is open for everyone. Just bring a pen and a piece of paper and share the joy of drawing.
Join the group on Facebook or contact the artist, Ch’ng Kiah Kiean.
Who goes jogging without running shoes? Dancing ballet without slippers? Outside of Bangalore, I met men working in a granite quarry without boots on.
I was on my bike, pedaling south towards the M. M. Hills. On the outskirts of town, I stopped to look into a small granite-cutting facility, the Maa Vaishnavee Stonex India Pvt. Ltd. Huge blocks of rock lay in the compound. Teams of Indian men hoisted up great slabs of rock – sometimes with the help of a crane and sometime just using muscle power. The workers were wearing sandals. I wondered how many toes had been permanently crushed.
Because nobody at the granite business spoke much English, I just poked around with my camera as much as I liked. When I was about to leave, a man drove up and wanted to know who I was and what I was doing. I told him, I was just curious and taking pictures.
“OK – No problem”, he said. “Enjoy India!”
OXLAEY